Pastrana Nascar Launch Video

i dont even like nascar but i cant wait!

Haha I loled at the don't turn right on his car.

I don't know, because I haven't watched the video yet, if the video mentions this part. It looks like he's not only racing Nascar but is the team owner as well. Must be nice.

@Travis Pastrana
Well its official, I'm headed to NASCAR! I'm a team owner and driver of the newly formed Pastrana-Waltrip Racing team. Can't wait!!

No kidding. Travis has got to be the "ballsiest" guy to ever race motocross. I wished he would have raced mx/sx longer but you can't blame the guy for having more fun than anybody at everything he does. The pain he must go through daily would suck though. Hopefully he will drive within his or should I say the cars limits. Good luck TP.

Awesome!

pretty sweet. guess I'll be going to my first nascar race pretty soon.

2011 Nationwide series ROTY for sure.

if he is as serious about it as he was rally, he should do good. He proved he can drive the wheels off a rallycar already. will probably have some gowing pains and will wad up a few cars along the way, but it will for sure draw fans...hope RC doesnt think he's gonna win the most popular Nationwide driver award next year!

Cant wait! Just hope he does not turn right into the 1st turn like he did in the video!

TRAVIS PASTRANA COMING TO NASCAR
Creates Pastrana-Waltrip Racing To Own & Drive Nationwide Toyotas

CORNELIUS, N.C. - Travis Pastrana is coming to NASCAR in 2011

After mining gold medals in the X Games, shattering jump records on both motorcycles and automobiles and starring as a cultural icon for the action sports world, the star of MTV's "Nitro Circus" is ready to turn his attention to America's most popular form of motorsports – NASCAR.

Michael Waltrip Racing, Gary and Blake Bechtel and Pastrana announced today the creation of Pastrana-Waltrip Racing that will field cars in the NASCAR Nationwide Series beginning in 2011.

Pastrana-Waltrip Racing will focus on creating programs that expose the action sports world's fans and participants to NASCAR and develop youth marketing initiatives designed to create greater awareness of both sports.

Initial plans are for Pastrana to compete in seven NASCAR Nationwide races in 2011 and twenty races in 2012.
"I've been following NASCAR closely for years as a fan of the sport with competing in the sport a life-long dream," Pastrana said. "I decided it was time to try and turn that dream into reality and with the help of the Bechtel family, Michael Waltrip Racing and Wasserman media group I'm now one step closer!"
Pastrana-Waltrip Racing will field Toyotas out of the Michael Waltrip Racing shop in Cornelius, N.C. Waltrip noted the importance of the youth demographic Pastrana brings to NASCAR.

"Travis has built an enormous and unique following all over the world," said Waltrip, a two-time Daytona 500 champion. "As a race team owner, we are always looking for ways to deliver to our partners and engage our fans better. This is an opportunity to showcase our company and our sport to a new generation of young fans. We're also looking for that next big star. Travis already is one and action sports is full of talented athletes. Having Travis as a part of our program adds another great dimension to our team and NASCAR."
Travis Pastrana is one of the most recognized and celebrated athletes in the world. An action sports icon, Pastrana owns 16 X Games gold medals along with multiple supercross, motocross and rally championships in his career. Pastrana also created the Nitro Circus empire, which includes a television show, live tours and a soon-to-be-released feature film.

Watch Pastrana announce his NASCAR arrival at www.pastranawaltrip.com and www.facebook.com/pastranawaltrip and follow us on Twitter at @pwr99. Expect more Pastrana-Waltrip Racing news on schedule, sponsors and youth initiatives in January in Los Angeles.

I have a feeling that nascar racers are really going to hate motocross racers in about 5 years.

i hate nascar but i cannot wait now.

SInce it's Travis ESPN will probably add this to the X-games line up.

I watched my first Nascar race from beginning to end last month because of RC, definitely made it better rooting for a favorite, I'll watch TP no doubt about it.

I am a casual nascar fan, never been to a race, but watch the last 20 laps of a race when I get the chance. Now, with TP getting into it, I might actually get tickets to a race he is going to be in. Whenever that is...

I hope his team has a large budget because he is going to crash the shit out of a lot of cars...

He bought his way into a second-rate ride with a partner who's teetering on going tits up.

He's racing all of 7 races in a 33 race series in the feeder-league.

Don't get so excited guys. You could have pulled off the same deal if you were willing to part with a few million and had DC shoes and Red Bull tagging along. BTW, word is, Red Bull will not be part of the package on the Nationwide car itself.

Good for Travis, but get the facts before you get all giddy. It's 7 races in the "B" league.

any word on what his number will be?

it's a start

No shit. They really jumped the shark when they brought in the rally cars.

boner kill...

199 Duh!

haha idk if they have a 3 digit rule

I am going to guess it the 00 car.

There's that Wasserman name again. Last week they brokered support for Reed going it alone with his own team and now they have Pastrana going straight to NASCAR.



MC mentioned in a recent video that Chad burned alot of bridges. What he failed to mention is that this sports agency is more powerful than anything MC's ever had and they are the ones building bridges.



RC must be livid knowing he'll have to get there the hard way. Waltrip and Pastrana share the same power agent and that's all it will take for Travis. Good luck to TP though, I hope he romps.

"a partner who's teetering on going tits up"

Yea, Gary Bechtel is hurting..........................

http://www.bechtel.com/about_bechtel.html

And 7 races only,mostly likely so he could run for The Rookie Title in 2012














http://nationwide.nascar.com/nationwide-series/2010/news/headlines/bg/1…

I've read several times that Travis has Attention Deficit Disorder and that his mind would start to wander about halfway through a supercross race.



Remember when he tried racing with music playing in his helmet so that he could help keep focused?



I wonder how that's going to work out for him in a NASCAR race going around in circles for a few hours. Hopefully it all works out okay.

Not sure of Bechtel's current financial situation, but what's Mikey bringing to the table?

7 races is simply a good way to test yourself, but buying a top notch ride in the truck series would have bought him more races and better equipment. (cheaper to fix when ya tear 'em up, too).

it's been no walk in the park for Montoya, I don't see Travis having it any easier at best. I hope he's got a good engineer to work with, the nascar show aint as simplistic as they make it out to be....

I concur.

It can take a couple of years just to learn how to communicate your set-up needs to the team. Slow learners go through a lot of very expensive race cars.